Urban Unrest

31 March 2007 | Opportunities | Ernesto Aguilar

Enterprise Community Partners and Freedom Forum Invite Entries for Excellence in Urban Journalism Award

Deadline: May 31, 2007

Enterprise Community Partners <http://www.enterprisecommunity.org> and the Freedom Forum <http://www.freedomforum.org > have announced the 2007 Excellence in Urban Journalism Award.

The award is intended to encourage and recognize quality reporting on major issues facing the United States’ urban areas, particularly inner cities. Two winners will be selected to receive the award and a check for $2,500.

Each entry must involve a news report regarding an urban issue in the United States. Topics may include, but are not limited to, affordable housing, community development, homelessness, child care, and after-effects of disasters that have left people homeless and communities destroyed. The entry should examine how a city or community has been affected by a situation. Ideally, the entry should include reporting on the outcome or resolution of the situation or show responses through editorials, letters to the editor, etc.

The entry may be a single article or broadcast or series of articles or broadcasts, and must have been published or broadcast during the 2006 calendar year.

Applications are available at the Enterprise Community Partners Website.

RFP Link:
<http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10006693/enterprisecommunity>

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